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Strain-specific T-cell suppression and protective immunity in patients with chronic hepatitis C virus infection.
Journal of virology - 1 Jun 2005
Sugimoto Kazushi, Kaplan David E, Ikeda Fusao, Ding Jin, Schwartz Jonathan, Nunes Frederick A, Alter Harvey J, Chang Kyong-Mi
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) frequently persists with an apparently ineffective antiviral T-cell response. We hypothesized that some patients may be exposed to multiple HCV subtypes and that strain-specific T cells could contribute to the viral dynamics in this setting. To test this hypothesis, CD4 T-cell responses to three genotype 1a-derived HCV antigens and HCV antibody serotype were examined in chronically HCV...
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